WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!
Hi Everyone,
It was great to meet all of you at Meet and Greet! Thank you for bringing your supplies, it makes the first day of school so much easier! A reminder that, if you have not signed up for the blog, you may do so by going to the first grade section of the Garrison Mill webpage, clicking on my name, and then subscribing to the blog on the left-hand side of the page.
Welcome! We are going to have a wonderful year as partners in your child's education. First grade is such an important year. This is where your child makes big strides in reading, spelling, and writing. It's where he learns basic rules that govern the mathmatical processes. It will be fun and challenging. I am looking forward to working with you to make this a productive year for your child.
Remember that Open House will be on August 19. The PTA meeting starts at 6:30, with Open House afterwards. Please make every effort to be there. A lot of ground will be covered. The following will be gone over: our daily schedule; our behavior plan; the homework policy; daily folders; the new report card; the teaching materials we'll be using. You'll take home a lot of information. You will also get to get to know our student teacher, Pame Timbs, who will be with us until around Thanksgiving. There will be a Q. and A. period at the end, so bring any questions you may have.
I will be updating this blog monthly. In it, I'll let you know what skills we'll be working on, any dates you will need to remember (the dates will also be on the monthly calendar that I send home in the daily folder), and anything else in which I think you might be interested. If I need to get information to you that needs to go home immediately, I'll either email you or send you a note in the daily folder.
I will be writing another post shortly to tell you what we'll be covering the first month of school, so be looking!!
I'm looking forward to getting to know you! Please feel free to contact me at any time via email or note if you have concerns or questions. I have an open door policy.
By the way, even though when I post the blog it looks really good :-), the program tends to change the font and color at random. It isn't me!!!
Diana Whitson
